But by the time the official papers were finalized last year, they had moved to Georgia where laws prohibit gay marriage and adoption.

“During that whole period, we were being watched and observed before the adoption was finalized,” said McAdoo, a 42-year-old doctoral student in education. “All that period we were considered a family, but only one of us was allowed to adopt him.” …

“Right now there are children waiting to find a forever family, and until we knock down barriers to adoption by LGBT people in every state, we are failing them as a nation,” said Gabriel Blau, executive director of the Family Equality Council.“